Gavin Rees

Juan Manuel Marquez was the black sheep in the Mexican triumvirate that included Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales but has outlasted the others and emerged as the enduring star, which he proved once again with a dominant decision over Mike Alvarado.

Lee Selby made a triumphant return to Wales, stopping Rendall Munroe in the sixth round to win the vacant European featherweight crown in front of a raucous home crowd. The fight of the night, however, was Gary Buckland’s split decision over Gavin Rees.

British lightweight contender Anthony Crolla spoke to RingTV.com about his recent victory over Gavin Rees, fighting other top UK lightweights and one day challenging WBO titleholder Ricky Burns. Crolla also gave his thoughts on fellow Manchester man Tyson Fury’s chances vs. David Haye.

Anthony Crolla scored a majority decision over Gavin Rees in a 12-round lightweight clash of British standouts on Saturday in Bolton, England. On the undercard, junior featherweight contender Scott Quigg remained undefeated with a third-round TKO of William Prado.

Adrien Broner’s trainer Mike Stafford plans to “unleash” a “more vicious” version of the WBC lightweight beltholder on Paulie Malignaggi, who Broner challenges for the WBA welterweight title on July 22.

Adrien Broner on his Friday morning confrontation with Paulie Malignaggi, who fights on June 22: “He was scared. You all seen that. He thought he had seen a ghost, and I ain’t talking about Robert Guerrero.”

It appears that Adrien Broner will fight Paul Malignaggi on HBO on June 22 and that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return on the same network on June 29. It was thought that Broner and Chavez were targeting the same June 22 date.

Golden Boy Promotions has big plans for Adrien Broner’s next fight, which could be a 135-pound unificiation bout with Ricky Burns or a jump to welterweight to face Paulie Malignaggi, but the unbeaten WBC lightweight beltholder won’t discuss his potential opponents.

Does Adrien Broner want to be on the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero undercard? Lem Satterfield spoke to the WBC lightweight titleholder about that and other subjects at the final presser for the Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight.